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Well it’s either going to the military and putting your life at risk being potential deployed or taking 10,000+ in student loans. Those were my options.
I was dumb enough I did both. Spent all my money in the military, didn't use my GI Bill and now and working off SL debt. I didn't have a plan, and it shows.
Down to less than 10% of my debt left though. It's almost gone!
My guidance counselor said: "you're a smart kid, you'll figure it out." Then went to focus on helping the kids who were in the verge of dropping out
Too intelligent to succeed and it's all the HS guidance counselers fault 
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People are still complaining about le boomers telling them college is a path to success (which is largely true) because they've failed at making something of their lives?
It's your guidance counselors fault you took an idiotic major with bad grades and an overly expensive college and now have done little to try and turn that into something.
I've seen art history majors reverse course and make 6 figures doing non-tech work in big tech.
These people are just failures but can't admit that most of the blame lies with them.
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The worst part is they had 4 years to realize they were fricking up and never once did
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